Judge blocks transfers of 3 transgender inmates to men’s prison

The officers yelled at these women: ‘Come right now, leave your things. You don’t have time to pack,

said the resident, who witnessed the interactions and requested anonymity

There is no way to keep these women safe outside of a women's prison.”

Levi said

Royce Lamberthdistrict Judge

The request for a temporary restraining order is granted on the narrow grounds of the plaintiff's Eighth Amendment claims,

Lamberth wrote in the ruling

They were terrified at the prospect of these transfers given the serious risk of violence and sexual assault that they face in these men’s facilities,

GLAD attorney Jennifer Levi told the judge

I don’t want to get out ahead of BOP interpreting this executive order,

Robinson said

Royce Lamberthdistrict Judge

Moreover, the balance of the equities and the public interest favor the plaintiffs,

wrote Lamberth, a senior judge who was nominated by then-President Ronald Reagan in 1987